CJC at the International Communication Association 2025
June 12-16, 2025
Denver
(CJC faculty, staff, students and alumni in bold)
View the full ICA 2025 Schedule here.
Thursday, June 12
Pre-Conference
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM; Mineral A (Regency 3) 1/1
Disrupting and Consolidating Human-Machine Communication
Organizer(s): Kun Xu (+5 other organizers)
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM; Mineral E (Regency 3)
4:00 – 4:50 PM
Evolving Forms of Digital Solidarity and Resistance”
Mapping the Evolving Networks of the #StopAsianHate Movement on Twitter
Rong Wang, Vanderbilt University Weiyu Zhang, National University of Singapore Jieun Shin
Friday, June 13
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM; Capitol 1 (Regency 4) 1/1
Privacy as Social Exchange in Online Dating
Zhe (Alver) Zhou (CJC PhD Student)
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM; Mineral A (Regency 3) 5/6
Black Wife, Upgraded Life: An Examination of the Commodification of Black Womanhood in Interracial Relationships on Social Media
Rachel Grant; Ayleen Cabas-Mijares (U of Miami); Joy Jenkins (U of Missouri)
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM; Grays Peak B (Grand Conv Center 2) 1/5
When Generative AI Meets News: AI-Generated News and Its Impact on News Credibility
Seungahn Nah; Jun Luo (U of California, Los Angeles); Ernest Makata (CJC PhD Student); Ian Koratsky (U of S. Florida); Xinlei Wu (CJC PhD Student); Dave Park (U of Miami); Seungbae Kim (U of S. Florida)
10:30 AM – 11:45 AM; Mineral B (Regency 3) 4/4
Smoker’s Confidence: How Persuasive Features of Cigarette Packages Influence Chinese People’s Perceived Threat and Information Acceptance
Tse-hsi Chien (CJC MA Student); Jia Yee Tan (U of China, Beijing)
10:30 AM – 11:45 AM; Mineral G (Regency 3) 4/5
Women’s Rights and Wrongs: Ideological Warfare in Instagram’s Gender News Posts and Comment Sections
Celeste Wagner (Rutgers); Sarah Karl (CJC PhD Student)
10:30 AM – 11:45 AM Aspen Ballroom (Grand 2) 5/7
Bridging Gaps in AI: Navigating Challenges, Opportunities, and Ethical Concerns
Tina McCorkindale (Institute for Public Relations, headquarters in CJC)
12:00 PM – 1:15 PM; Centennial F (Regency 3) 4/4
Face Value: Cultural Orientations and Facial Expressions in Social Virtual Reality
Jih-Hsuan (Tammy) Lin (National Chengchi U); Yu-Hao Lee; Jung-Hsiang (Eric) Hsieh (National Chengchi U); Ji Wei Yang (National Chengchi U)
12:00 PM – 1:15PM; Centennial H (Regency 3) 1/6
How Do Deepfake Videos Affect Political Polarization and Truth Perceptions
Xiaotong Yu (CJC MA Student)
12:00 PM – 1:15 PM; Capitol 5 (Regency 4) 1/4
Do Numbers Speak Louder Through AI? Exploring the Effects of Agent Identity and Social Norm Cues in Charity Advertising
Yuan Sun, Qingyuan Yang (CJC PhD Student), Yanyun Wang (U of Colorado at Boulder)
1:30 PM – 2:24 PM; Aspen Ballroom (Grand 2) 3/8
The New Wave: AI Virtual Idols and the Transformative Landscape of K-Pop Fandom
Qing (Sunny) Xu (CJC PhD Student)
1:30 PM – 2:45 PM; Aspen Ballroom (Grand 2) 8/8
The Impact of AI as a Source of Recommendation Systems: A Systematic Review of Experimental Studies
Yanyun Wang (U of Colorado at Boulder); Hanyoung Kim (U of Kentucky); Yuan Sun; Yiqing Liao (Johns Hopkins)
1:30 PM – 2:24 PM; Mt. Columbia (Grand 3) 5/5
Source Heuristics and Consequences of Detecting AI-Generated Self-Presentations
Haoran (Chris) Chu; Rita Men; Sixiao Liu (U of Central Florida); Shupei Yuan (Northern Illinois U)
3:00 PM – 4:15 PM; Grays Peak A (Grand Conv Center 2) 3/5
PolitiTalk: Analyzing the Relationship Between Partisan Podcast Use and Political Participation
Jessica F. Sparks (Auburn U, CJC Alum); Eliana DuBosar (Auburn U, CJC Alum); Brittany Shaughnessy (New Mexico Dept of Ed, CJC Alum); Ilyssa Mann (CJC Undergraduate Alum); Myiah Hutchens
4:30 PM – 5:45 PM; Maroon Peak (Grand 2) 5/9
“It’s Just Wrong!”: Can We Decrease People’s Disgust Response to Lab Grown Meat?
Rachel Bailey (Florida State U); Sun Young Park (Florida State U); Pooja Ichplani (Florida State U); Yu Liang (Florida State U); Jay Hmielowski; Myiah Hutchens
6:00 PM – 7:15 PM Colorado B (Grand 2) 1/7
A Half Century of Agenda-Setting Research: Honoring the Lives and Contributions of Maxwell McCombs and Donald Shaw
Chairs(s): David Weaver
Participant(s): Lei Guo (Fudan U), Sebastian Valenzuela (Pontificia U Catolica de Chile), Chris Vargo (U of Colorado Boulder), Thomas Johnson (The U of Texas at Austin), Lindita Camaj, Brad Hamm (Northwestern U) and Sharon Meraz (U of Illinois at Chicago)
Saturday, June 14
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM; Mineral F (Regency 3) 6/7
Pro-China YouTubers in Digital Diplomacy: Shaping Americans’ Perceived Credibility, Trust, News Engagement, and Attitudes Towards China
Qiuyue (Cho) Li (CJC PhD Student); Rebecca Frazer; Tse-hsi Chien (CJC MA Student); Spiro Kiousis
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM; Capitol 4 (Regency 4) 2/5
Does Consulting AI for Second Opinion Undermine Patients’ Trust in Their Doctors? Cheng Chen (Elon U), Yuan Sun, Mengqi Liao (U of Georgia), S. Shyam Sundar (Pennsylvania State U)
10:30 AM – 11:45 Mineral D (Regency 3) 4/4
Hybrid Populism in the Global East: Evidence From the Visual Campaigning in Facebook in the Era of COVID-19
Dren Gërguri (U of Prishtina); Lindita Camaj
10:30 AM – 11:45 AM; Mt. Oxford (Grand 3) 5/5
Missing White Woman Syndrome: The Role of Race and Gender in National and Local Media Coverage of Missing Persons Cases
Luna Pittet Gonzalez (CJC PhD Student), Chris DeFelice (CJC PhD Student)
10:30 AM – 11:45 AM; Mt. Columbia (Grand 3) 1/5
Revisiting companionship: Lenses of Rorschach and evocative objects in human-robot interaction.
Jiayu (Lynn) Li (CJC PhD Student), Kun Xu
10:30 AM – 11:45 AM; Grays Peak A (Grand Conv Center 2) 2/6
The Effect of Digital Games as Intervention on Cancer Prevention and Management: A Systematic Review
Xiaobei Chen (CJC PhD Student); Emma Bryan (UF Health Outcomes and Bioinformatics, CJC Alum); Shuo Yao (CJC PhD Student); Lauren E. Adkins (UF Health Science Center Libraries); Lindsey M. King (UF College of Public Health)
12:00 PM – 1:15PM; Centennial G (Regency 3)
MIAO-nipulating Cognition: AI Offloading, Expertise, and Relationships
Chairs(s): Yuan Sun
12:00 PM – 1:15PM; Mineral C (Regency 3) 5/5
Consolidating Community Power: A History of Philadelphia Public Access TV Coalition Campaigns
Antoine L. Haywood
12:00 PM – 1:15PM; Mt. Oxford (Grand 3) 8/8
Principles Underpinning Innovation in Global Data Journalism Practices
Lindita Camaj; Jason Martin (DePaul U); Gerry Lanosga (Indiana U)
12:00 PM – 1:15PM; Mt. Blue Sky (Grand Conv Center 2)
ICA SPONSORED: ICA Fellows’ Advice to Their Younger Selves [NEW FORMAT! small-group mentoring sessions]
Moderator(s): Yuxi Zhou, Daniela Jaramillo-Dent, Patrick Parschan, HUAI-KUAN ZENG, Arnon Kedem, Floor Fiers, Xiaotong Yu (CJC MA Student)), Cemal Atas, Pablo Miño, Yiting Wang, Victoria Kratel, Morgan Ross, Minh Hao Nguyen, Silvia DalBen Furtado, Natalie Kim, Christine Gilbert, Amanda Zambito, Kyla McCallum, Jiehu Yuan, Kim Syed Ali, Menna Elhosary, Zhi Lin, Jocelyn McKinnon-Crowley and Miriam Hernández
1:30 PM – 2:24 PM; Centennial B (Regency 3) 4/4
Defensive Attribution of AI Fairness: The Role of Procedural Fairness in AI’s Moral Responsibility
Mo Chen (U of South Carolina Aiken, CJC Alum); Yu-Hao Lee
1:30 PM – 2:45 PM; Centennial F (Regency 3) 2/6
“Enemies of the State”: How Media Drive Conspiracy Beliefs and Violence Justification in Russia.
Ekaterina Romanova (U of Kansas, CJC Alum); Myiah Hutchens
1:30 PM – 2:24 PM; Capitol 4 (Regency 4)
Themes in Corporate Social Advocacy and Responsibility Research in Public Relations
Chairs(s): Rita Men
1:30 PM – 2:24 PM; Capitol 6 (Regency 4) 1/3
The Authenticity Paradox: How Political AI Chatbots Affect Voters’ Candidate Perception
Yu-Hao Lee; Chien Wen Yuan (National Taiwan U)
1:30 PM – 2:45 PM; Grays Peak A (Grand Conv Center 2) 2/8
Exploring the Contingent Effect of Cultural Tailoring of GenAI Chatbots on Multiethnic Members’ Disaster Information Seeking and Preparation Attitude: A Cross-Group Comparison
Wenlin Liu; Yan Huang (U of Houston); Xinyan Zhao (U of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill)
1:30 PM – 2:45 PM; Grays Peak A (Grand Conv Center 2) 5/8
Information Credibility and Dissemination in an Anti-Vaccine Network: A Mixed-Methods Approach
Yuanfeixue Nan (U of S. California), Jieun Shin
1:30 PM – 2:45 PM; Grays Peak A (Grand Conv Center 2) 6/8
Exploring the Role of Culture in Trust and Engagement With Scientific Information Online: A Qualitative U.S. Study
Anran Luo (CJC PhD Student); Gwiwon (Jason) Nam (CJC PhD Student)
1:30 PM – 2:24 PM; Centennial Foyer (Regency 3) Poster 15
A Personalized Adventure: How Interactivity and Personalization in AI-Driven Adventure Games Affect Player Experiences
Hanzi He (CJC PhD Student); Yu-Hao Lee
3:00 PM – 4:15 PM; Centennial B (Regency 3) 1/4
Dialogue That Disarms: How Message Interactivity and Appreciation of Generative AI Affect User Trust and Misinformation Detection”
Yuan Sun, Jinping Wang, Cheng Chen (Elon U)
8:30 PM – 10:30 PM CJC Social!
Rhein Haus – 1415 Market St. https://www.rheinhausdenver.com/
Join us for bocce, bier & Brats! It’s a 12 minute walk from the Hyatt Regency.
Sunday, June 15
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM; Centennial H (Regency 3) 1/8
AI Ethics in the Headlines: Examining the Frames of South Korean Newspapers in Communicating Responsible AI Innovation
Won-Ki Moon; Yujin Heo (Pennsylvania State U); Sangwook Lee (U of Colorado Boulder); Minhee Choi (Texas Tech U)
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM; Mineral D (Regency 3) 2/5
The Lived Experience of White Non-Hispanic and Hispanic/Latino Relationships
Emily Perpich (CJC MA Student); Huan Chen
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM; Mineral F (Regency 3)
Imagined Futures: Urban Narratives in Visual Culture
Chair: Lindita Camaj
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM; Capitol 1 (Regency 4) 2/4
A Peek Into the Teacher’s Lounge: Black Women Educators’ Perceptions of Teacher Portrayals on ABC’s Abbott Elementary
Nikki L. Lyons (CJC PhD Student); Rachel Grant
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM; Colorado A (Grand 2) 2/6
Trust Competition and Network Resilience: A Percolation-Based Model of Mainstream Media and Disinformation Dynamics
Jia Yee Tan (U of China Beijing); Tse-hsi Chien (CJC MA Student)
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM; Maroon Peak (Grand 2)
Beloved Icons or Deepfaked Deceased? News Media Coverage of Digital Resurrection
Jieun Shin; Gwiwon (Jason) Nam (CJC PhD Student)
10:30AM – 11:45 AM; Centennial A (Regency 3) 5/5
How Dehumanization of Teammates Impacts Aggressive Trash Talk Use in Online Competitive Games
Xiaotong Yu (CJC MA Student)
10:30 AM – 11;45 AM; Mineral F (Regency 3)
The Machine Communicator: Managing the Machine’s Ambiguity
Chairs(s): Kun Xu
10:30 AM – 11;45 AM; Aspen Ballroom (Grand 2) 1/5
The Impact of Infographics and Numerical Framing on Health Risk Perceptions and Behaviors: A Study of Ticks and Lyme Disease
Olivia M. Bullock; Patrick Merle (Florida State U); Md Sazzad Mahmud Shuvo (Florida State U)
10:30 AM – 11;45 AM; Grays Peak B (Grand Conv Center 2) 3/4
Truth or Trick? The Effects of Motivated Reasoning and AI Labels on Political Engagement With Deepfakes
Qing (Sunny) Xu (CJC PhD Student); Mo Chen (U of South Carolina Aiken, CJC Alum); Yu-Hao Lee
12:00 PM – 1:15PM; Mineral D (Regency 3) 4/5
“What’s Hair Got to do with it?: A Discourse Analysis on Natural Hair in the Workplace”
Kelsy Adams (CJC PhD Student)
12:00 PM – 1:15 PM; Maroon Peak (Grand 2) 4/4
Beloved Icons or Deepfaked Deceased? News Media Coverage of Digital Resurrection
Gwiwon (Jason) Nam (CJC PhD Student), Jieun Shin
1:30 PM – 2:45 PM Centennial F (Regency 3) 5/9
Cognitive Biases and User Engagement: The Role of Availability Heuristics in Shaping Perceived Usefulness and Ease of Use of AI Chatbot Adoption
Qing (Sunny) Xu (CJC PhD Student)
1:30 PM – 2:45 PM Aspen Ballroom (Grand 2) 3/7
Fake News and Democracy: How Discussion Heterogeneity Shapes Media Trust and Civic Participation
Sungsu Kim; Seungahn Nah; Jasmine McNealy
1:30 PM – 2:45 PM Grays Peak B (Grand Conv Center 2) NA 4/5
Hashtags, Protests, and a Polycrisis: Analyzing Kenyans’ Sentiments on the 2024 Finance Bill Protests Using Machine Learning and X Data
James Ndone; Nathan Carpenter
3:00 PM – 4:15 PM; Mineral F (Regency 3) 2/4
Content and Effects of Visual Framing of the Black Lives Matter Movement
Linqi Lu (U of Wisconsin-Madison); Jiawei Liu; Douglas M. McLeod (U of Wisconsin-Madison)
* Won Top Faculty Paper Award from the ICA 2025 Conference Visual Communication Studies Division
3:00 PM – 4:15 PM; Capitol 3 (Regency 4) 2/4
Tracked but not trapped in VR: Negotiating body tracking technologies for embodiment and privacy protection.
Kun Xu; Yunxiao Chen (Boston U); Jiayu (Lynn) Li (CJC PhD Student); Sylvia Chan-Olmsted; Tony Liao (U of Houston)
3:00 PM – 4:15 PM; Capitol 5 (Regency 4)
Right-Wing Media: Consumption, Narratives, and Impacts
Chairs(s): Seungahn Nah
3:00 PM – 4:15 PM; Mt. Blue Sky (Grand Conv Center 2) 4/4
How Dare You Decide? Exploring the Effects of AI Cyberbullying Report Reviewer
Sangwook Lee; WooJin Kim; Won-Ki Moon
4:30 PM – 5:45PM; Mt. Columbia (Grand 3) 1/5
Meeting Expectations: Exploring Public Perceptions of Corporate and Governmental Carbon Reduction Through Expectancy Violation
Shupei Yuan (Northern Illinois U); Haoran (Chris) Chu
4:30 PM – 5:45 PM; Mt. Blue Sky (Grand Conv Center 2) 5/5
A Co-Oriented Approach to Understanding Employee Passion at Work: Definitions, Outcomes, and Public Relations Implications
Rita Men; April Cen Yue (U of Connecticut, CJC Alum); Yufan Sunny Qin (James Madison U, CJC Alum); Renee Mitson (U of Oregon, CJC Alum); Hanzi He (CJC PhD Student)
4:30 PM – 5:45PM; Centennial A (Regency 3)
Human-Machine Communication Business Meeting
Participant(s): Kun Xu
Monday, June 16
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM; Centennial F (Regency 3) 7/9
Monetary Value of Credibility Signals: Exploring User Experience on Online News Platforms
Jungwoo Nam (Sungkyunkwan U), Nahyun Park (Sungkyunkwan U), Daeho Lee (Sungkyunkwan U), Jieun Shin
10:30 AM – 11:45 AM; Centennial F (Regency 3) 7/8
LLM as Gossip, Gossip as LLM
Jasmine McNealy
10:30 AM – 11:45 AM; Centennial H (Regency 3) 2/8
Did AI Write This? Effects of User Experience and AI Readiness on Detecting AI-Generated Content
Sixiao Liu; Haoran (Chris) Chu; Shupei Yuan; Rita Men
10:30 AM – 11:45 AM; Grays Peak B (Grand Conv Center 2) 5/5
Examining Intercandidate Agenda-Building in the 2024 Presidential Election: Trump and Harris Campaigns
Mohammed H. Alqabbaa (CJC PhD Student); Barbara A. Myslik (California State U, CJC Alum); Joshua T. Anderson (U of Arizona); Ahmad S. Almulla; Qiuyue Cho-Li (CJC PhD Student); Phillip C. Arceneaux (Miami U, CJC Alum); Spiro Kiousis
12:00 PM – 1:15 PM; Centennial A (Regency 3)
HIGH-DENSITY: The Persuasive Machine
Chair: Tom Kelleher
12:00 PM – 1:15 PM; Centennial F (Regency 3) 6/9
New Media Meditation for Adults Who Play Sports
Miguel A. Celi (CJC Undergraduate Student); Benjamin K. Johnson
3:00 PM – 4:15 PM; Capitol 3 (Regency 4) 3/4
Advancing Inoculation Theory Using Insights From Moral Psychology: A Replication and Extension of Research Designed to Combat Violent Extremism
Lindsay Hahn (U at Buffalo); Rebecca Frazer; Tahleen A. Lattimer (); Madeline Taggart (U at Buffalo); Irina D. Andreeva (U at Buffalo – SUNY); Madison Neurohr (U at Buffalo); Stephanie J. Gillis (U at Buffalo – SUNY); Hao Chen (U at Buffalo); Kurt Braddock (American U); Jenna Wahl (U at Buffalo)
3:00 PM – 4:15 PM; Grays Peak A (Grand Conv Center 2) 4/5
A Matter of Trust: Examining Indirect Relationships Between Trust in Podcasts and Mainstream Media Use.
Eliana DuBosar (Auburn U, CJC Alum); Brittany Shaughnessy(New Mexico Dept of Ed, CJC Alum); Luna A. Pittet Gonzalez; Jessica F. Sparks (Auburn U, CJC Alum); Myiah Hutchens